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unusual facts about stadia



AMA Supercross Championship

Professional supercross contest races are held almost exclusively within professional baseball and football stadia, although one contest is held at a major motorsport venue (Daytona International Speedway) in the island that separates pit lane from the circuit.

David Gwilym Morris Roberts

During his career Roberts also served as chairman of the British Geological Survey, of the Football Stadia Advisory Design Council, the Second Severn Crossing Technical Adjudication Panel and as Visiting Professor at Loughborough University.

Emmaus

Many sites have been suggested for the biblical Emmaus, among them Emmaus Nicopolis (ca. 160 stadia from Jerusalem), Kiryat Anavim (66 stadia from Jerusalem on the carriage road to Jaffa), Coloniya (36 stadia on the carriage road to Jaffa), el-Kubeibeh (63 stadia, on the Roman road to Lydda), Artas (60 stadia from Jerusalem) and Khurbet al-Khamasa (86 stadia on the Roman road to Eleutheropolis).

Hilltown, Dundee

The stadia of the two professional football teams Dundee FC and Dundee United FC are on the north eastern border of the Hilltown, Dens Park is slightly south of Tannadice Park which is closer to the Stobswell area.

John Madden Football '92

As in previous versions of the video game, there are no NFL or NFLPA licenses for authentic teams, player names, and stadia.

Lepreum

Located 40 Stadia away from the sea at the west end of Mount Minthi and based around two citadels (one at Agios Dimitrios, one at Phyrcus) and surrounded by an abundance of natural resources, Lepreum became an important city in the Classical and Hellenistic ages where it became the capital of the Triphylia region.

Ninus

Ctesias (as known from Diodorus) also related that after the death of Ninus, his widow Semiramis, who was rumored to have murdered Ninus, erected to him a temple-tomb, 9 stadia high and 10 stadia broad, near Babylon, where the story of Pyramus and Thisbe (Πύραμος; Θίσβη) was later based.

Sandwich plate system

SPS is used in engineered structures including ships, buildings, stadia, arenas and bridges and was invented by Dr Stephen Kennedy following his primary research in the field of ice strengthened structures at Carleton University in Ottawa and first patented in 1996.

Sete Lagoas

In 2010 and 2011, Arena do Jacaré serves as a home stadium for Atlético-MG, Cruzeiro and América-MG, as both Belo Horizonte stadia - Mineirão and Independência - are going through reforms.


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